Moroccan Empire Series

A woman seeking adventure. A bitter rivalry. The birth of an empire.   11th century North Africa. Kella is a Berber girl disguised as a boy, travelling the trade routes and beating all comers in the camel races. When her true identity is revealed, she is sent home to the family desert camp to be taught women's skills.   Bored with her restrictive life, Kella yearns for her freedom and the excitement of life on the road. When a mighty army sets out on a holy mission, she risks marriage to its general, Yusuf, hoping to join him on a great adventure. But while Yusuf conquers the whole of North Africa, Kella finds herself an unexpected rival to his infamous queen consort, Zaynab.   Can Kella protect herself from a powerful and jealous rival? Can she secure a future for her son in this newborn empire? And will she ever find the freedom she craves?   A String of Silver Beads is the exciting second book in the Moroccan Empire historical fiction series. If you enjoy adventures, power struggles and journeys through history seen through a woman's eyes, then you will be enthralled by this stirring novel.   Journey through North Africa as a new empire is born. Buy A String of Silver Beads today.

A false prophecy leads to the rise of a great empire… and a dangerous queen.   11th century North Africa. In an attempt to change her destiny, love-struck Zaynab makes a false prophecy: that she is destined to marry a man who will create an empire. Although her plan backfires, Zaynab's intelligence, beauty and ambition leads to four marriages, each lifting her status higher.   When Zaynab becomes the queen of Yusuf bin Tashfin, leader of the Almoravid army creating an empire stretching across North Africa and Spain, her status finally seems secured. But her desperate need to be loved turns her into a vicious rival to the other women in Yusuf's life.   Can Zaynab find the love she craves? What will happen to the empire she has co-created? Is a great queen's destiny about to be crushed by an insignificant Christian slave woman?   None Such as She is the unsettling third book in the Moroccan Empire historical fiction series. If you enjoy exploring the forgotten stories of history's most significant women, then you will be gripped by this deeply emotional novel.   Meet Morocco's greatest queen. Buy None Such as She today.   "In her time there was none such as she - none more beautiful or intelligent or witty ... she was married to Yusuf, who built Marrakech for her..." — 12th-century text Kitab al-Istibsar  

A Spanish nun. A Muslim warlord. The destiny of an empire held between them.  11th century Northern Spain. Isabella has been a nun in the Christian kingdom of Galicia since she was a child, a gifted herbalist leading a quiet and spiritual life, devoted to God. But on a rare journey outside of the convent, she is taken by Viking raiders and sold to Morocco as a slave.   Cruelly treated by her first owner, salvation comes from an unlikely source: Yusuf bin Tashfin, leader of a vast Muslim army intent on conquering North Africa and Spain. Isabella must struggle not only to survive her new life but to hold true to her faith, which is tested by great dangers… and by love.   Can Isabella keep to her holy vows? Will her actions alter the destiny of a rising empire? And when North Africa goes to war with Spain, where will her loyalties lie? Do Not Awaken Love is the moving finale to the Moroccan Empire historical fiction series (can also be read as a standalone). If you enjoy exploring complex emotions and conflicting cultures, then you'll find yourself immersed in the tenderness and difficulties of Melissa Addey's captivating novel.    Set out on a stirring journey of love and faith. Buy Do Not Awaken Love today.

Why did a Muslim emperor pick the son of a Christian slave as his heir?   11th century Morocco and Spain. A vast Muslim empire is rising as the lives of four women weave together to tell a story of war and love, magic and faith.   Hela was born with the gift of healing, but is now bound by an impossible vow. Berber woman Kella is searching for adventure, but growing fearful for the safety for her baby son. Zaynab has risen to power as the queen of Morocco but is warped by a dark jealousy. Spanish nun Isabella is struggling to learn the lesson of love while holding onto her faith and vows.   Based on the rise of Morocco's Almoravid dynasty, which created a North African and Spanish empire and defeated El Cid, this is historical fiction at its most enthralling, both intriguing and emotional.   Set out on an epic journey of complex choices and opposing faiths told by the voices of forgotten women. Buy the complete Moroccan Empire series today.